Status
Success
Cosmos 1241
Launch Time
Wed Jan 21, 1981 08:29 UTC
Wed Jan 21, 1981 08:29 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Cosmos 1241
Cosmos 1241 is a satellite of the DS-P1 constellation. The satellites of the latter are used to test different systems for future Soviet military satellites.
It will test mainly new methods of communication with the ground, new radar systems, anti-satellites tests and modes of power supply by nuclear battery.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 460.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
Site 132/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Stats
1981
6th orbital launch attempt
Cosmos-3
253rd mission
2nd mission of 1981
235th successful mission
2nd consecutive successful mission